Thanks for the video Steve. I have a question. The word on the street is it needs direct line of sight to IR devices. What has been your experience? I don't want to spend $50 to just control one IR fan. I have a second RF fan that would probably work too. Thanks again.
Does this hub have to be in the same room as the devices it is controlling? If we want to use this for ceiling fans & lights in 2 different bedrooms could this be placed in a common area outside the rooms and it still work for both?
Steve, Do you have idea if this device is going to work in India & one thing more as the device says it works between 315 to 433 frequensy but your Fans working on 434 mhz, Can you please get some time to clear my queries as I have some Fans that have RF remote & I really wanna use them with Google Assistant, Thanks in advance
Well darn. It was a great video, but I had already figured out most of that. What I was having trouble doing was programming reverse for voice control. I finally bit the bullet, and used the Oscillate button.. I have to say 'Alexa ... Oscillate the Gameroom Fan', but it works. I suspect that was the purpose of the Oscillate button, but google translate didn't get it quite right when they programmed the fan option at Broadlink. Since I have a 6 speed fan, I set the speeds Low, Medium, and High to 1, 3, and 6. Finally, like you, I put the light on a different device that was a light only, and just named it the Gameroom Light. That seems to be the best I could do with it, and it's a ton better than walking upstairs to turn it on and off.
I see you can use it with Siri cause I need that for my ceiling fan/light cause smart switches won’t work cause my light has built in leds with temperature changing leds
Amazon has a wifi ceiling fan remote that sells for $29 dollars. It's easy to install and works great. You can control you fan ,your fan light and your fan speed thru an app or the remote and thru an alexa device. You don't need a hub either!
Good one Steve. We're looking at getting 2 ceiling fans from Costco that are smart for echo or google, have tunable white LED lights and are 54" for $150. They're not Hunter, so we'll see how long they last. We have another fan for our covered porch that is not smart so I might want something like this for that one, we'll see, our house is still being built and isn't even roofed yet, so I've got time to continue figuring things out....
SO I just bought this. I tried to plug into TV (USB) but it wouldn't work. I then plugged into a computer, but that doesnt stay on all the time... Where should it be plugged into?
8:00 What if I turned off Alexa and then when I finish adding the buttons and turn it on back and then if it didn’t learn we can do it manually in Alexa app Will this work?
From “BOND” that works with Alexa & SmartThings. I can control the speed & lighting, just can’t reverse the blade rotation thru Alexa. Thru SmartThings I have an automation setup that when it hits a certain temperature the fan comes on, works great!
